Ashland, OregonDecember 1962

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Summary

On December 12, 1962, in Ashland, Oregon, a witness reported round objects in the northern sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness saw a bright star-like object falling in the north. The main object then disappeared, and three smaller objects were seen.

The Air Force said the description pointed to a bright meteor, or bolide. The case was evaluated as a meteor sighting.

Reported location

Ashland, Oregon

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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| ti op PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |
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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
8 3 O Wos Balloon ;
: 12 December 1962 Ashland, Qregon SERA AC |
gE 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION A
& : ; O Was Aircraft

4 ieee) ms ures 2XKGround-Visuadl DO Ground-Redar Q Probably Aircraft

g GM _12/09307Z : a Air Visudl 0 Air-Intercept Radar | 5 Possibly Aircraft

| 5 PHOTOS ; . SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor

| O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
. +X Neo Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical

[| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [nfo] 1 7 [0 SR DRE hea OSA

O. Insufficient Data for Evaluation

io O Unknown

E 3 seconds 4 then 3 East

~ [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

4 Round objects like a bright star Description of sighting indicates:

is observed in the North falling. Main Bolide observation. Case evaluatdgd
object disappeared then 3 smaller as a meteor sighting,

E ones appeared going in different
| directions, Total observation was 3

E seconds. Exhaust or tail present,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999972